Denise Gomes

He calls it a great matchup for Xiaonan and says flatly that he expects her to win confidently, with no hedge attached to the pick.

Gomes earns a good striking grade for her heavy hands and hard kicking power, though the analyst points to one clear technical issue: closing that gap gives her trouble, and her guard suffers while she works her way into range. She is credited with being able to absorb punishment to land her own shots. Her grappling includes good takedowns and top pressure, but she is rated as not strong off her back and can be held down there.

Calls it a great matchup for Yan and says outright she wins it comfortably, with no hedge anywhere on the outcome.

Gomes is called a good, forward-coming striker with real power in her hands and heavy kicks, and she's credited with a durable chin that lets her absorb shots to land her own heavy ones. Her problem is closing the distance, which the analyst says hurts her striking defense. On the mat she's credited with decent takedowns and pretty good top pressure, but she's not good off her back and gets held down there.

picks Pennington but adds a real caveat about risk: he is not calling her a lock, and flags a real chance she gets dropped

Rated strong on the feet: she walks forward behind real power and heavy kicks, able to win rounds by breaking opponents who cannot handle the pressure. Her own striking defense is called a genuine issue and she can have trouble closing the gap safely, though she is sturdy enough to absorb punishment while advancing. Grappling sits a notch below her striking: decent takedown output and top pressure, but she herself can be controlled once grounded.

States he has to side with Gomes, citing her power, forward pressure and the wrestling option as deciding factors.

A good, forward-pressing striker with real power and heavy kicks who sometimes takes risks closing the distance safely. She is durable enough to absorb the exchanges that come with that approach, and is a decent grappler with her own takedowns, though she can be held down if put on her back.

Takes Gomes to win on her younger-fighter forward pressure and what he calls the better shots, explicitly saying this levels the technical gap against Kowalkiewicz's cleaner striking; no hedge on the win itself.

She is a hard-punching, forward-marching striker, unusually powerful for her division, who throws heavy kicks and pushes the pace at the cost of head movement. She is tough and durable enough to absorb return fire while advancing. Her grappling is decent and offense-capable with functional takedowns on offense, but she can be smothered and held in place by someone with better control on top.

He states the pick plainly and repeatedly with a real mechanism (immediate takedown urgency, top pressure, finishing instinct); the only hedges present are on ROUND/MARGIN (a possible rough closing round) and a conditional on being finished, both of which the confidence-bar rule treats as not demoting a WIN-level grade.

3-2 in her last five, a skid the analyst explicitly attributes to a step up in competition rather than declining ability. Good striking with forward pressure, power, and heavy leg kicks, and he calls her very durable. Offensively she has decent takedowns, but the board and speech agree she can be held down once grounded -- a real problem against Moura's grappling urgency, compounded by a height/reach deficit (5'2"/63" vs Moura's 5'6"/66").

he concedes Hill is the more polished, more skilled fighter rated straight up, but gives a concrete mechanism for the pick anyway: Gomes's forward pressure and power beat Hill's lack of stopping power

Denise Gomes, 23, is credited with strong striking: forward pressure and genuine pop in both hands and legs. She is durable too, young with limited career mileage. Her grappling grades out as decent on the takedown, though the analyst notes a real vulnerability once she herself is controlled from on top, and her own defense against strikes leaves plenty to be desired.

States plainly that Jauregui should cruise to a clear decision win, allowing Gomes a path only through a late finish he says he doesn't expect.

Gomes is a good, powerful striker with heavy kicks and a very durable chin, who wins by overwhelming opponents with forward pressure rather than pure technique -- the analyst is careful to say she isn't a poor technician, just less polished than Jauregui in this matchup. Her grappling is decent, mixing in takedowns and doing well on top, though winding up underneath is a real risk for her if she is taken down herself.

The pick against Gomes is the same call seen from her side: the support is a general tools advantage plus a mild 'pretty good' close, and the analyst openly keeps her pressure-and-durability route alive. Defensible alternative: clear.

Gomes is a pressure striker whose heavy kicks and power are her main weapons. Her relentless forward march and toughness are the realistic route to beating the longer Brasil, since that style can overwhelm a taller opponent over the distance. The analyst nonetheless leans to Brasil as the more complete fighter.

Coinflip, and the pick is against her. He selects her opponent while saying he is 'not confident whatsoever', calls the fight too close to act on, and takes a side only for 'the sake of a pick' -- the marker the bar treats as inert. The one conviction phrase in the chapter, 'pretty cut and dry', he undercuts in the following clause by saying you cannot work from what is unknown, and he finishes by asking viewers who think Gomes will outclass his read to say so. His reasons against her are a comparative Muay Thai deficit, a lighter schedule behind the record and the short turnaround -- no assertion that she loses in any particular way.

In on short notice, days after fighting on the Contender Series, replacing an opponent who pulled out hurt. He puts her Muay Thai below her opponent's and says the unbeaten record was built against a lighter schedule than the other corner's. The quick turnaround counts against her too -- she comes in without a camp for this fight. He is open that there is little to work from on either side and asks to be told if she is about to prove him wrong.